prospective camparative study of centisimal and lm potency in management of bronchial asthma with aid of kent repertory

Abstract

newline ABSTRACT newlineBACKGROUND: newlineIt is estimated that 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma and this figure is newlineprojected to rise to 400 million by year 2025. Asthma accounts for approximately newline500,000 hospitalizations each year, with around 250,000 deaths annually attributed newlineto the disease. 1/3rd of the world s asthma patients are Indian. India has an estimated newline15-20 million asthmatics imposes an unacceptable burden on health care systems, and newlineon society through loss of productivity in the workplace and, especially for pediatric newlineasthma, disruption to the family. The present study evaluated the comparative newlinetherapeutic effect of homoeopathic medicines selected by using Kent s Repertory and newlineprescribed in Centesimal as well as LM Potency in management of Asthma. newlineOBJECTIVES: newlineand#61607; To assess the effectiveness of individualized Homoeopathic medicines newlinefor bronchial asthma by using Kent Repertory and comparing before and newlineafter treatment scores of Elizabeth Juniper s Asthma Control newlineQuestionnaire(ACQ) in both the interventional groups. newlineand#61607; To compare the effect of LM and Centesimal potency on the extent of newlineimprovement on stages of asthma as per GINA guideline of newlineclassification. newlineIII newlineSTUDY DESIGN: newlineand#61623; Prospective, open trial, double arm, randomized comparative trial. newlineMATERIALS AND METHODS newlineand#61607; Total of 70 patients with Bronchial asthma were assessed for the eligibility criteria and newlinewere enrolled. Then the type of random sampling technique was used to allot Asthma newlinecases into two arms. In Arm A (n= 35 cases) Homeopathic medicines were prescribed in newlineLM potency selected on the basis of the reportorial totality by using Kent s repertory and newlinein Arm B (n=35 cases) Homeopathic medicines were prescribed on the basis of the newlinereportorial totality by using Kent s repertory in in Centesimal potency. During the eighteen newlinemonths trial, all data were measured and analyzed under modified intention to treat and newlinethen statistical analysis of the paired t test was done for assessment, reassessment by using newlineElizabeth Juniper s Asthma control Questionnaire (ACQ). newlineCONCLUSION: newlineThe homeopathic medicines selected from Kent s repertory in LM potency newlinewere effective for the treatment of Asthma in compare to Centesimal potency. As newlineper statistical analysis the result of the study showed improvement in the complain newlineof asthma for Arm A than Arm B using Elizabeth Juniper s Asthma control newlineQuestionnaire (ACQ).